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Mose Allison

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Recorded	1958
Label	Prestige
Catalog	7121
Released	1958
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 186256

The record

Ten short pieces with Mose Allison at the piano and Addison Farmer and Nick Stabulas alongside him, running from blues material -- 'Parchman Farm', 'Trouble In Mind', 'Lost Mind' -- to quieter, odder corners like 'Crepuscular Air' and 'Don't Ever Say Goodbye'. Rudy Van Gelder recorded it. Prestige 7121, 1958, with notes by Ira Gitler.

Tracks

Carnival
Parchman Farm
Crepuscular Air
Mojo Woman
Town
Trouble In Mind
Lost Mind
I'll Never Be Free
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
Ain't You A Mess

Session personnel

Addison Farmer — Bass
Marc Rice — Design
Nick Stabulas — Drums
Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer [Recording]
Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
Esmond Edwards — Photography By
Mose Allison — Piano

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1958	Prestige · 7121 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp
1958	Metronome · PRESTIGE 7121 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1964	Prestige · PR 7121 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · RVG stamp
1958	Prestige · 7121 — Vinyl LP Album Repress
1958	Metronome · MEP 408 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1959	Metronome · MEP 408 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Dark green labels
1959	Metronome · MEP 408 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1959	Metronome · MEP 408 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, 4-Prong Push-Out Centre
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-457 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5457 — Cassette, Album, Reissue
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-457-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2006	Original Jazz Classics · 00025218645720 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
—	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-457-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered